March 17: India: GMCH nurses give a number to healthcare: 1 nurse for 30 patients:"STAFF Nurses of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are complaining of shortage of nursing staff at the hospital. They say there is only one staff nurse for every 30 patients in the wards. Voicing their discontent at being overburdened with work, members of the Nurses Welfare Association of Government Medical College and Hospital add that the nurse to patient ratio is around 1:4 in the Intensive Care."
http://cities.expressindia.com/fulls...?newsid=121745
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And we think we have poor ratios here in the US, we ain't seen nothing compare to some other countries.

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com